An appropriate balance between soil air and soil water must be maintained since soil air is displaced by soil water. Air can fill soil pores as water drains or is removed from a soil pore by evaporation or root absorption. The network of pores within the soil aerates, or ventilates, the soil. This aeration network becomes blocked when water enters soil pores.
Moissanite (/ËmÉÉªsÉnaÉªt/) is the name given to naturally occurring silicon carbide and to its various crystalline polymorphs. It has the chemical formula SiC and is a rare mineral, discovered by the French chemist Henri Moissan in 1893.
Tashmarine, the Yellowish Green Diopside. Tashmarine is the trade name for a rare and unique gem-quality variety of brilliant yellowish-green diopside. It is one of the newest and most exciting gemstone discoveries of our time. In fact, it's being touted as the most important gemstone discovery of the 21st century.